Citations -- cd, dvd, article within encyclopedia

CD
  1. List the the performers name first
  2. Then the title of the recording
  3. The manufacturer
  4. If you are not using the CD you have to identify the medium
Ex. Jackson, Michael. Thriller. Epic, 1982.
If you are just citing a song put the title in quotation marks.
Ex. Jackson, Michael."P.Y.T.(Pretty Young Thing)." Thriller. Epic, 1982.

DVD
  1. First write the title and underline it
  2. Then the director
  3. Names of the performers
  4. The medium
  5. The distributor
  6. and the release date for the medium
Ex. This Is It. Dir. Kenny Ortega. Perf. Michael Jackson, Alex Al, Nick Bass. Blu-ray. Columbia, 2009.
Encyclopedia Article
  1. Put the name of the artical in quotation marks
  2. The name of the Encyclopedia
  3. The edition
  4. The Year
Ex. "Michael Jackson." Encyclopedia Britannica. 16th ed. 2010

Questions?
  1. Correct: Martin Luther King Jr. 34th ed. "World Book." 2010
  2. Correct: Kanye West."Stronger." Graduation.Roc-A-Fella. 2007
  3. Correct: "Black Hawk Down." Dir. Ridley Scott. Perf. Josh Hartnett. Eric Bana. and Ewan McGregor. Blu-ray,2001
  4. Correct: West, Kanye. Can't tell me Nothing. "Graduation." Roc-A-Fella. 2007.
  5. Correct: i am legend. dir. Francis Lawrence. perf. Will Smith. DVD. 2007.
  6. Correct: Michael Scott. World Book. 43rd ed. 2009
  7. Correct: Ludacris. number one spot. red light district. disturbing tha peace tha peace, 2004
  8. Correct: "Malcom X." Encycopedia Britannica. 2008. 15 ed.
  9. Corrrect. "Michael Vick" World Book, 14th ed. 2008
  10. Correct: ludacris. get back. red light district. disturbing tha peace, 2004